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Ever since the Polar Vortex wiped out scores of my perennials a few years ago, I’ve been much more picky about plant hardiness. Sedums (showy stonecrop) are tough plants. Some of them are even hardy to Zone 2.
This jewel is ‘Carmen’:
The plants grow 15 to 18 inches tall and about 2 feet wide. The light-pink flowers appear on sturdy, upright stems:
The flowers are about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide, making a nice landing spot for pollinators.
Sedums prefer well-drained soil in full sun. They’ll grow in part-sun but they made need a little support to prevent flopping. I’m surprised my sedums did so well this year considering how much rain we got in July and August.
‘Carmen’ was my first sedum to start blooming this growing season:
